A More Painterly Piece

So, my last school assignment is to paint a figure doing something realistic and I decided I wanted to focus on the face and leave the rest a little obscure...

Crossing the Finish Line

Ok, ok, ok ... I admit that I've not been as up to date with this as I should be. In my defense, this is it, the last semester of school (oh, yeah... the home stretch). I have been getting steadily farther behind in my BFA show work and so the end of the semester is a welcome relief. I can focus on my show and do some catch up. Anyway, here is some of my in-class work. Every friday we paint live models for about 2 hours and these are a few of my favorites.